Steel Structure Syllabus
Marguerite Gilbeau
This comprehensive course covers the in-depth study of designing steel and reinforced concrete structures according to the MSBTE syllabus. Learn the principles, techniques, and best practices for creating safe and efficient structures using steel and RCC materials.
This course focuses on the role of building information modeling (BIM) in architecture and engineering. Students will learn the fundamental processes of BIM based on 3D computer drafting, including site analysis and data extraction; basic model building, dimensioning, planning and elevations; and parametric modeling, documentation and 3D rendering.
This course introduces fundamentals of environmentally adaptive architectural design, including bioclimatics, electromagnetics, fluid physics, and the related interactions with materials, form and spatial composition.
The main course objective is to introduce students to the requirements, analysis and design of electrical and power systems for residential and commercial buildings. The course is provided in lecture format.
This course focuses on light and lighting in its various forms from technology and science, via the human condition to the built environment. The students will hear about theory, history and culture; physics and optics; and science and technology. Hands-on design exercises will give the students a basic knowledge for documentation, enable them to develop channels of communication and language, and provide tools to evaluate data and synthesize the information.
Equilibrium of a particle, equivalent and resultant force systems, equilibrium, geometric properties of areas and solids, trusses, frames and machines, shear force and bending moments, friction. Honors section is available.
Material behavior; relationship between external forces acting on elastic and inelastic bodies and the resulting behavior; stress and deformation of bars, beams, shafts, pressure vessels; stress and strain; combined stresses; columns. Honors section is available.
This 1-unit course is designed to give students a basic knowledge of MATLAB programming. The course will cover fundamentals of MATLAB operations with arrays (vectors and matrices): how to create script files, function files, use loop and conditional statements, and present the computed results graphically. Students will be required to write simple programs in MATLAB.
Elements of written and oral communications for engineers including technical writing skills for proposal and report preparation, delivery techniques for oral presentations, and the effective use of audio/visual aids.
Topics include: finding roots of nonlinear equations; solution techniques for system of linear equations; curve fitting - polynomial and spline interpolation; least squares fit; numerical differentiation and integration; solution of ordinary differential equations - initial and boundary value problems; and use of MATLAB codes in numerical analysis for solving civil engineering problems.
Topics include: statistical decision theory and its application in civil engineering; identification and modeling of non-deterministic problems in civil engineering and the treatment thereof relative to engineering design and decision making; and statistical reliability concepts.
Topics include: open-channel and closed conduit studies of basic flow phenomena, with emphasis on continuity, conservation of momentum and exchange of energy; and calibration of flow-measuring devices.
Topics include: analysis of structures - beams, frames and trusses; statically determinate structures; influence lines; deflections by the virtual work method; and statically indeterminate structures using the superposition method.
Topics include: design of steel members, connections and simple structures, and an introduction to load and resistance factor design concept, including tension members, laterally supported and unsupported beams, columns, bolted and welded connections.
In this course, we will discuss the fundamental physical and mechanical properties of soils and use them in the design of simple foundation and earth retaining systems. We will use certain fundamental principles of solid mechanics and fluid mechanics to describe the mechanical behavior of soils.
Basis for planning, design, and operation of transportation facilities. Driver and vehicle performance characteristics, highway geometric and pavement design principles; traffic analysis and transportation planning.
The course is supplementary to CHEE/CE 370R, the three-unit introductory environmental engineering course. It consists of a problem-oriented lab that meets weekly for two hours to provide supplementary material for non-chemical engineers taking the introductory course. Emphasis will be on introducing chemistry and biochemistry concepts that support environmental engineering operations for water and wastewater treatment. Basic problem-solving skills in these areas will also be developed.
Covers principles and methods for analysis of environmental engineering issues, including topics such as greenhouse gas effects, tropospheric air pollution, environmental air pollution, environmental risk assessment, surface and ground water pollution, and drinking and wastewater treatment.
This course provides an opportunity to develop an enhanced understanding of construction industry and practices in preparation to contribute to construction firms, project management consultants, and owners upon graduation and to improve project delivery by understanding linkages between design and construction.
Theory and formulation procedures: energy and residual. One-dimensional problems: stress analysis in axial structures, steady and transient fluid and heat flow, consolidation, wave-propagation, beam-column. Two-dimensional problems: field and plane/axisymmetric, use of computer codes for solution to typical problems.
Introduction to non-technical issues impacting the practice of design professionals in the private and public sectors including: types of organizations; income, expenses, and profit; quality-based selection for obtaining and performing work; contracts; dispute resolution methods; professional ethics.
A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Outlines the extent of uncertainties under which civil engineering designs and decisions are made. Theory and application. Advanced topics in risk-based engineering design. System reliability concepts. Statistical decision theory and its application in civil engineering. Identifying and modeling, nondeterministic problems in engineering in understanding many recently issued engineering codes.
Differential equations governing unsteady flow in open channels. Simple surface waves in subcritical and supercritical flows. Introduction of kinematic, diffusion and dynamic wave methods. Applications to reservoir routing, dam break flow and overland flow.
Discussion and analysis of major topics of the hydrologic cycle and their interrelationship, such as rainfall, infiltration, evaporation and runoff. Statistical and probabilistic methods in water supply and flood hydrology.
Design of waterways, erosion control structures and small dams. Methods for frequency analysis and synthetic time distribution of rainfall. Methods for estimating infiltration and runoff from small watersheds, flow routing and stormwater management. Estimating erosion using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation.
Advanced problems in the analysis and design of steel structures including beam columns, plate girders, composite construction, multi-story buildings, static and dynamic lateral and vertical loads, connections, computer applications.
Determination of gravity and lateral loads on structures. Design of wood structures for axial load and bending; structural wood panels, diaphragms and shear walls. Types of masonry construction. Design of masonry structures for gravity and lateral loads.
Advanced problems in the analysis and design of concrete structures, design of slender columns and one- and two-way slabs; lateral and vertical load analysis of bridges and multistory buildings; introduction to design for torsion and seismic forces; use of structural computer programs.
Structural systems, gravity load resisting systems, lateral force resisting systems, tall building design, computer structural analysis, structural steel, reinforced concrete, building codes, seismic resistant design.
Settlement and bearing capacity of shallow and deep foundations; beam on elastic foundation; design of footings and pile foundations; foundations on metastable soils; the use of computer codes for foundation problems.
Stability analysis for earth slopes, including planar, circular piecewise-linear, and composite-surface methods: analyses for static and steady-flow conditions; earth pressure theories and calculations for generalized conditions; design of rigid and flexible retaining structures; design of braced and tie-back shoring systems; design of reinforced earth walls; computer-aided analysis and design.
This course will talk about different ground improvement techniques including those without addition of materials, by adding materials and using reinforcing elements. During the course, opportunities will be given to students to develop a range of generic skills including written communication skills, problem-solving skills and analysis and critical evaluation skills. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to understand the principles, applications and design procedures for various ground improvement techniques; use analytical/theoretical/numerical calculations to assess the effectiveness of a ground improvement technique; gain competence in properly evaluating alternative solutions; and the effectiveness before, during and after using ground improvement.
Introduction to geoenvironmental engineering; physiochemical and microstructural behavior of geomaterials, effect of pollutants, design of waste disposal systems; advanced laboratory testing, geotextiles, space geomechanics, etc.
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